Income Property Blog

The Toronto real estate market has been plagued with a lack of supply for some time now. This had led to a sellers’ market where there is often more than one bid on a property that is listed for sale. … Read More

The Toronto Real Estate Board (TREB) has just released the overall sales numbers for January 2019. There were 4,009 sales in January 2019, up 0.6% compared to January 2018.On a seasonally adjusted basis, sales were up 3.4% compared to December 2018. There was a total … Read More

When your tenants vacate your rental suite that is the ideal time to make changes and improvements so that you could potentially charge more rent to the new tenants. You are allowed to charge whatever the market will bear so … Read More

Snow Removal at Tenanted Properties: Whose responsibility is it to shovel the snow: landlord or tenant?… Read More

Fire prevention and safety is a must for every landlord. Here are 5 guidelines that every landlord should follow to ensure proper fire safety.… Read More

The PC government has created a lottery system for would-be cannabis retailers.… Read More

In an effort to deal with the alarming rental shortage, effective immediately Ontario Premier Doug Ford and the PC government has taken away rent controls on all new rental stock. … Read More

  Where will consumers go to check how much things have sold for? The Toronto Real Estate Board has begun to make MLS sold data available to its members as per the Competition Tribunal ruling.  It has been decided that … Read More

New Rules have not yet come into effect for short-term rentals in Toronto due to an impending appeal. … Read More

On October 17th recreational cannabis use becomes legal in Canada. How will this impact landlords in Ontario?… Read More

As we head into October, it’s time to review if your income property needs any upgrades or fixes before the snow arrives.… Read More

In the City of Toronto, basement apartments are permitted as per a bylaw enacted in 2013. … Read More